http://johannesen.ca/yesorno/2009/family/good-enough/ Exploring the decisions and issues in raising a boy with multiple severe disabilities, who has no diagnosis. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:47:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://johannesen.ca/yesorno/2009/family/good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-3961 Claire Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:03:00 +0000 http://johannesen.ca/yesorno/?p=194#comment-3961 A lovely post. I have always told my eldest that it was not her life to take care of her sister, but that is was ours. If she ever does take care of her at some point, fine. If not, fine too. We would never judge her one way or another. A lovely post. I have always told my eldest that it was not her life to take care of her sister, but that is was ours. If she ever does take care of her at some point, fine. If not, fine too. We would never judge her one way or another.

]]> http://johannesen.ca/yesorno/2009/family/good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-3951 elizabeth Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:29:32 +0000 http://johannesen.ca/yesorno/?p=194#comment-3951 Yes. I grapple with these issues with my own two boys and their sister. I know that if something were to happen to my girl, well, I don't know anything but devastation -- but it's utter devastation when I think of what it would do to my boys. And the balancing of making sure that they don't feel in any way responsible for her but also feel compassion and the sense that it is what it is. Yes. I grapple with these issues with my own two boys and their sister. I know that if something were to happen to my girl, well, I don’t know anything but devastation — but it’s utter devastation when I think of what it would do to my boys. And the balancing of making sure that they don’t feel in any way responsible for her but also feel compassion and the sense that it is what it is.

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